Choose Cleanvoice if
You want filler words and stutters removed, you work on a Mac, or you are happy to upload and would rather not install anything.
Cleanvoice alternative
A Cleanvoice alternative that runs on your own PC
Both clean up spoken-word audio. The difference is where your recording goes: Cleanvoice is a web service you upload to, and this runs on the machine the file is already on.
Credit where it is due
What Cleanvoice does better
Written by the people who make the other one, so read it with that in mind — but these are real, and if one of them is what you need, buy theirs.
- It removes filler words — the "um"s and "you know"s — and stutters and repeated takes, which this application does not attempt at all.
- It works from any machine with a browser, including a Mac or a phone, where this is a Windows application.
- It has been doing this for years and has the reviews and the audience to show for it. That is worth something on its own.
Side by side
The differences that actually decide it
| Cleanvoice | Sonic Refine | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the audio is processed | Their servers, after an upload | Your own computer |
| Does your file leave your machine? | Yes | No |
| Waiting | Upload, then a queue | Starts immediately |
| Filler-word removal | Yes | No |
| Video tools | No | Compress, convert, smart reframe |
| Platform | Any browser | Windows 10 and 11 |
| How you pay | Metered by how much audio you process | A licence buys hours each month; nothing auto-renews |
Cleanvoice
30 hours of audio for $30 a month
Checked 20 September 2026 — their pricing is theirs to change, so confirm it on their site.
Sonic Refine — Pro
75 hours a month for $19.00
Plus a free tier with 2 hours a month, no account. Nothing auto-renews.
Every plan and price — ours are listed in full, and the comparison table above is generated from them.
The question is whether the upload matters to you
For a lot of people it does not, and Cleanvoice is a good answer. For anybody working under an agreement that forbids sending client material to third-party services, it is the whole decision — and no feature list changes it.
It also decides the waiting. A web service has to receive the file before it can begin, which on a domestic connection is usually longer than the processing itself.
One application for the audio and the video
Cleanvoice does audio. A single delivery usually needs the video handled too — compressed to something sendable, converted for the destination, sometimes cut to vertical. Needing two applications to make one file is the problem this was built to end.
Straight answer
Which one should you actually buy?
Choose Sonic Refine if
Your recordings cannot leave your machine, you are tired of waiting on uploads, or you need the video handled in the same job as the audio.
The free tier answers it faster than this page can
Install it, put a real recording through it, and judge the result against whatever you use now. No account, no licence key.